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hm that is good to know! Haven't used KDE for a while though but maybe it's time to take it for a spin again. Ah it seems that there is this program called key

by rijoja 6y ago

hm that is good to know! Haven't used KDE for a while though but maybe it's time to take it for a spin again. Ah it seems that there is this program called keynav. Something I guess I could have guessed. For browsers I love to use these pentadactyl/vimium/... extensions. Would there be anything similar for reguar desktop applications. I get that it would be a huge effort to support all the different toolkits though.

lesderid 6y ago
> Ah it seems that there is this program called keynav. Yep, I wrote this as a direct clone of the original keynav, so I can use the same config file on both operating systems. > For browsers I love to use these pentadactyl/vimium/... extensions. Would there be anything similar for reguar desktop applications. I get that it would be a huge effort to support all the different toolkits though. You can bind arbitrary keys to control the grid, and the default bindings are vim-like, but it only goes down to the window level. Interesting idea though, probably doable with LD_PRELOAD stuff.
- rijoja 6y ago
  Nice of you to keep the same format as the original. Unfortunately keynav doesn't seem to be working all that well in Ubuntu 20.20, I am a bit interested in fixing this somehow. The LD_PRELOAD approach might be a good idea actually. I do have some further ideas on how to do this and some practical use cases as well.
  - lesderid 6y ago
    > Unfortunately keynav doesn't seem to be working all that well in Ubuntu 20.20, I am a bit interested in fixing this somehow. I assume you mean Ubuntu 20.10? I tried it and it works fine for me in an Ubuntu 20.10 VM. Are you using Wayland perhaps? > I do have some further ideas on how to do this and some practical use cases as well. Feel free to contact me if you want to discuss it, could be a fun project. My contact info is on https://lesderid.net https://lesderid.net.

by rijoja 6y ago

lesderid 6y ago

> Ah it seems that there is this program called keynav. Yep, I wrote this as a direct clone of the original keynav, so I can use the same config file on both operating systems. > For browsers I love to use these pentadactyl/vimium/... extensions. Would there be anything similar for reguar desktop applications. I get that it would be a huge effort to support all the different toolkits though. You can bind arbitrary keys to control the grid, and the default bindings are vim-like, but it only goes down to the window level. Interesting idea though, probably doable with LD_PRELOAD stuff.

rijoja 6y ago
Nice of you to keep the same format as the original. Unfortunately keynav doesn't seem to be working all that well in Ubuntu 20.20, I am a bit interested in fixing this somehow. The LD_PRELOAD approach might be a good idea actually. I do have some further ideas on how to do this and some practical use cases as well.
- lesderid 6y ago
  > Unfortunately keynav doesn't seem to be working all that well in Ubuntu 20.20, I am a bit interested in fixing this somehow. I assume you mean Ubuntu 20.10? I tried it and it works fine for me in an Ubuntu 20.10 VM. Are you using Wayland perhaps? > I do have some further ideas on how to do this and some practical use cases as well. Feel free to contact me if you want to discuss it, could be a fun project. My contact info is on https://lesderid.net https://lesderid.net.